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document.write('We send this regular newsletter to more than a thousand people in the gulf. If you have any ideas for improving it then please email kristie@da-group.co.uk But if you would prefer not to receive it in future then please use the unsubscribe link in the footer of this enewsletter
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document.write('Talk to us about your needs
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document.write('Two of our senior executives are touring the region in June
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document.write('Regional meeting held in Dubai
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document.write('MEC/AchieveGlobal recently welcomed several new representatives to a special partners\' meeting held in Dubai.
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document.write('Putting past experience to good use
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document.write('Each month we are running a mini-profile of the people involved with MEC in the Gulf. This month it\'s Bill Pottle\'s turn
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document.write('Staff update
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document.write('It\'s time to introduce our accounts co-ordinator Kristie Hubery based at the head office in the UK
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document.write('Are you a training organisation looking for new business?
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document.write('We are looking for partners to work with in some regions of the GCC
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document.write('How the crunch is affecting your customers
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document.write('Surprise ! ........ Customers who have less money are being more careful about where they spend it.
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document.write('Managing effective feedback to staff
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document.write('Giving feedback is a critical stage in the development of people. In coaching, the importance of feedback is arguably even more pronounced. The success of maintaining a positive approach whilst identifying performance improvement issues rests, to a great extent, upon how such feedback is facilitated. In this article Eric Welburn examines some simple steps in managing an effective feedback process.
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document.write('You too could be on YouTube
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document.write('.... but you might be there for all the wrong reasons. Business Week talks about consumer vigilantes and Achieve Global provides some solutions
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document.write('Customer focus positively impacts your bottom line
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document.write('Recent research by IBM shows that a customer focus strategy can dramatically help to retain valuable customers and contribute massively to financial results.
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document.write('New face for MEC in the Gulf
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document.write('Eric Welburn who joined MEC a few months ago will be touring the region over the next couple of weeks to meet customers old and new.
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document.write('BREAKING NEWS - Two major Kuwait banks choose Achieve Global training programs
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document.write('National Bank of Kuwait and Kuwait International Bank, have both recently awarded tenders for wide-ranging staff-training programs via MEC\'s partner Link-Age Middle East
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document.write('Management Competencies for Successful Learning: The Integrated Role of Learning and HR
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document.write('No matter from where they hail, or what industry they represent, they agree on this key point: If HR wants to retain its seat at the senior management table, the HR and learning organizations must take their relationship to a new level. Increasingly, both learning and HR organizations are going to be judged not on their ability to simply support the basic needs of the business but to deliver strategic insights that proactively address changes and enable organizations to more effectively source, evaluate and motivate employees in an increasingly turbulent business environment.
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document.write('The Rise of Experiential Learning
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document.write('The recently released CLO Business Intelligence Survey showed a continued reliance on classroom-based delivery methods, and also indicated that the industry is starting to shift away from classroom training to a greater reliance on asynchronous and synchronous e-learning. Perhaps equally interesting, this shift is driven more by the need to cater to a widely dispersed workforce than by budgetary factors ........ by James Clarke ....
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document.write('New HQ in the UK for MEC
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document.write('MEC recently moved into new headquarters in Castle Eden County Durham
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document.write('Wider Gulf coverage for AG
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document.write('Two new strategic partnerships formed - Achieve Global products now in Kuwait and UAE
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document.write('New headquarters for MEC
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document.write('MEC\'s new headquarters are taking shape near the historic city of Durham in the UK. Due to open later this year the premises will have a top-class restaurant as well as space for about 100 people.
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document.write('Focus on the Individual
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document.write('As employers move through the next 10-15 years, they will discover that concentrating on individuals will be considerably more productive than pushing any one-size-fits-all concept.
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document.write('Employees Keep Training Expectations to Themselves
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document.write('By Karen Rutzick');
document.write('Early findings from a survey of the federal workforce reveal that a large number of employees want more job training, but many are not sharing their expectations with their supervisors.
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document.write('Nexus of Learning: The intersection of formal and informal education
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document.write('by David James Clarke IV');
document.write('There are benefits and drawbacks to both structured learning and unstructured, on-the-job training. Learning executives can help bridge the gap with \"on-the-job,\" experiential learning. (Electronic Data Systems, Cisco, Microsoft, Thomson NETg, British Telecom)
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document.write('Who\'s who at MEC Ltd
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document.write('MEC Ltd is the company that acts for Achieve Global in the Middle East, but who is MEC and who are the individuals involved ?
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document.write('Leaderless Teams Achieving More by Vincent M. Cramer
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document.write('To achieve the most impressive business results, organizations need to forget “thinking outside the box” and focus on objective-focused leadership, collaboration and new decision-making and problem-solving methods.
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document.write('The Truth about Loyalty Programs by Todd Beck
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document.write('AchieveGlobal Press: Real loyalty comes from retention, referrals, reputation, and revenue.
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document.write('New Supervisors Face Greater Challenges
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document.write('Stepping up to a supervisory position-never an easy task-has become so challenging that many employees turn down promotions or feel unprepared for their new responsibilities, according to research conducted by international training and consulting firm AchieveGlobal with 500 managers in the U.S. and abroad.
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